MARCH: Community gathers for annual "Take Back the Night" demonstration

CONTINUED FROM 1 part of what the group was trying to convey to the prospective students. “These [firstyears] need to know that if [the University runs] out of housing, they can take theirs too. And we’re not going to let DCL just hide that under the rug and pretend that’s not a thing on the tours. And until they fix that and make this campus somewhere where disabled people can be proud to go and proud to graduate, this is what we will be doing,” they said.

After the tour groups left Gosman, they interacted with the protesters with varying degrees of interest — from approaching and accepting a flier, flashing a quick thumbsup, to watching neutrally and walking past. Passing cars honked and waved in support as the group transitioned from Gosman to the Great Lawn, moving locations to take a break and create new signs in preparation for the tours ending at the Shapiro Campus Center. They wanted to demonstrate housing realities to the visitors at the conclusion of their campus tours, as well.

As they did at Gosman, the students silently held their signs for all concluding tours and current students to see and approach if they were interested. Their silence ensured that the visitors would still be able to focus on their tours without disruption. They remained outside with their signs until 5 p.m. The website estimated that they handed out between 75 to 100 individual fliers to visiting students, those accompanying them, and current students.

“As disabled students, we need your support as members of the larger student body because there’s not a lot of disabled students on campus,” Yaffe urged, “We can’t do this alone. We need your support. We’re your colleagues during your classes, we’ve worked [on] your group projects, we run your clubs, we run your events, we sing in your acapella groups. We are everywhere, and we need your help.”

To learn more about the issue and keep up to date with the students’ housing advocacy, Siragusa suggested anyone interested should subscribe to the Reform Brandeis Housing’s Linktree, as it serves as the group’s “main hub” of information, housing everything from links to their website, Instagram, Discord, and other news articles.